Editing War Machine (section)

=== Personality and motivations ===
Rhodes is moralistic relative to Stark, divesting Stark Industries from nuclear technology as CEO over objections from the board and taking action against foreign nations without regard for legalities.{{Sfn|Chambliss|2015|pp=154–155}} He takes actions that he believes to be right even when others believe it to be ill-advised, and he believes in ideals of "freedom and love".{{Sfn|Chambliss|2015|p=161}} He is willing to give the benefit of the doubt to other characters as opposed to Stark's brasher approach.<ref name="Rabski-McColl">{{Cite web |last=Rabski-McColl |first=Amanda |date=2021-07-22 |title=10 Times War Machine Was The Better Iron Man |url=https://www.cbr.com/marvel-war-machine-better-than-iron-man/ |access-date=2023-09-09 |website=CBR}}</ref> This aspect of his character was emphasized in the 2014 series ''Iron Patriot'', which contrasted his sense of moral duty with his responsibility to his family.<ref name=Truitt /> Writer Christos Gage described War Machine as someone who prefers to lead soldiers into battle rather than deploy them.<ref name="George&Schedeen" />

When Rhodes first experienced the power of the Iron Man armor, he developed an addiction to it that mirrored Stark's addiction to alcohol that necessitated his replacement.{{Sfn|Costello|2009|p=145}} As a superhero, Rhodes pledged to help anyone without regard for race, nationality, or beliefs.{{Sfn|Chambliss|2015|p=161}} His opposition to discrimination also included discrimination against [[Mutant (Marvel Comics)|mutants]].{{Sfn|Chambliss|2015|p=157}} He believes that the role of superheroes goes beyond fighting supervillains and that they should also take action against global problems such as world hunger and oppressive governments.<ref>{{Cite periodical |date=March 1994 |title=Picks From the Wizard's Hat |url=https://archive.org/details/wizard-magazine-031/page/113 |magazine=[[Wizard (magazine)|Wizard]] |issue=31 |page=113}}</ref>